National Cancer Institute Thesaurus

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Preferred Name

Anisakis
Synonyms

ANISAKIS

Anisakis

Definitions

A genus of parasitic nematode in the family Anisakidae. Members of the genus cause anisakiasis in humans. Their life cycle involves fish, crustaceans, and marine mammals. Humans become infested by eating infested fish.

ID

http://ncicb.nci.nih.gov/xml/owl/EVS/Thesaurus.owl#C122043

ALT_DEFINITION

Any nematode parasite that is not assigned to the species level but can be assigned to the Anisakis genus level.

code

C122043

Concept_In_Subset

http://ncicb.nci.nih.gov/xml/owl/EVS/Thesaurus.owl#C66830

http://ncicb.nci.nih.gov/xml/owl/EVS/Thesaurus.owl#C61410

http://ncicb.nci.nih.gov/xml/owl/EVS/Thesaurus.owl#C85491

Contributing_Source

CDISC

DEFINITION

A genus of parasitic nematode in the family Anisakidae. Members of the genus cause anisakiasis in humans. Their life cycle involves fish, crustaceans, and marine mammals. Humans become infested by eating infested fish.

FULL_SYN

ANISAKIS

Anisakis

label

Anisakis

NCBI_Taxon_ID

6268

Preferred_Name

Anisakis

prefixIRI

Thesaurus:C122043

Semantic_Type

Animal

UMLS_CUI

C0003077

subClassOf

http://ncicb.nci.nih.gov/xml/owl/EVS/Thesaurus.owl#C14248

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